Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting tinyproxy/tinyproxy package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TINYPROXYTINYPROXY-6785195
  • published2 May 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024
  • creditDimitrios Tatsis

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2023-40533  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-457  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for tinyproxy/tinyproxy.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Resource when parsing HTTP requests. In certain configurations, a specially crafted HTTP request can result in disclosure of data allocated on the heap, which could contain sensitive information. An attacker can make an unauthenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1